My 07 Coues Pic

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otdrsman

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I was fortunate enough to draw a rifle Coues tag 2 years in a row! I shot a nice one last year and topped it this year with this one. Glassed him up about 2 1/2 miles away as he went over a ridge. I stalked him over the ridge to find chest high thick manzanitta. I glassed the surrounding area with nothing. Thirsty, depressed, tired and cussing to myself, I stood up and walked about 20 feet and suprise he jumped up out of his bed in the middle of the manzanitta at about 100 yards. My 300 Win Mag did the rest. Great DIY hunt!
 
Thanks for the comments guys. It was a tuff hunt, I scouted the area pretty good and saw some good deer, not a lot but I knew the area had great potential. I showed up two days before opener and saw nothing except does. Opener I had a bear at 150 yards on the ridge I was glassing! NEAT! I turned 180 degrees and found this guy. I heard one other gunshot that morning and it was the guy who shot the bear. 320lbs and a 20 inch skull. I didn't have a bear tag!
 
Congrats on a nice coues. That manzanita can be nasty thick that makes ya want to walk on top of it rather than bust through. Enjoy the eating (envisioning backstrap over mesquite coals)

Doug~RR
 
Great looking buck! Congratulations! Hope I see one that nice during the November hunt.

Carl
 

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